pesto
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I believe there was a mention somewhere of putting a Line 5 stop underground at Midland Ave there.
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I believe there was a mention somewhere of putting a Line 5 stop underground at Midland Ave there.
A 6264
Active Member
Sounds like a cousin of the SRT McCowan Yard station.
EnviroTO
Senior Member
Even still, I can't understand why engineers can't figure out a solution to this problem. The ROW of the street alone supports 7 lanes of traffic, sidewalks and still has room for grass, and in addition to that they have expropriated even more space for construction. The subway tunnel diameter with its massive diameter is 10.7m... that is 3 to 3.5 lanes of roadway. That leaves more than half of the right-of-way plus the properties of the north to figure out how to build a Line 5 extension. Why is this difficult?
Sauga89
Active Member
Here is an update from the Metrolinx board meeting presentations.
Meeting 2026-02-12
Learn more about the Board of Directors' agenda for Thursday, February 12, 2026www.metrolinx.com
Reports and slide decks will start to be uploaded in the coming days for next Thursday’s board meeting.
I am hopeful the GO Expansion “path dependency” project slide makes an appearance instead of it being a one off.
Thanks to @PShells for digging up the links to this in the GO construction thread.
max
Active Member
Did someone make an error on that sign, or is it supposed to be inspirational?
reinventingthewheel
Senior Member
turini2
Active Member
Had y'all seen this before? I didn't realise that Hawkins/Brown were the lead architects on the project - there's some info and renderings on their website here.
They're well regarded in the UK for transport architecture - lots and lots of experience.
reinventingthewheel
Senior Member
Designs came up in a consult back in June, don’t think the architect was ever revealed.
Allandale25
Superstar
generalcanada
Senior Member
20m per day is faster than originally scheduled 10-15 but were still looking at in actuality a 2 year delay
crs1026
Superstar
So, is he willing to put the tracker map back online so we can all watch?
- Paul
- Paul
Coolibop
Active Member
The original maximum they quoted was 10-15 m/day, as far as I know. That line about “this year at this pace” feels like careful wording and I don’t think Michael Lindsay was trying to mislead,
I already started this:
Am I going to need to start prepping the fryer for my Jays cap? Assuming there are no more long maintenance stops, I remember there’s at least one maintenance pause near Lawrence.
For fun, continued from above, here’s where we stand from recent updates:
- Jan 2023: launch
- Sep 2023: 500 m — 2.1 m/day
- Jan 2024: 900 m — 3.3 m/day
- Sep 2024: 1,100 m — 0.8 m/day
- Jun 2025: 1,500+ m — 4+ m/day
- Jul 2025: 1,900+ m — 13+ m/day
- Aug 2025: 2,000+ m — 3+ m/day
- Sep 2025: 2,368 m — 12 m/day
- Nov 2025: 3,000 m — 10.5 m/day
- Feb 2026: 3,450+ m — 5+ m/day
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smallspy
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If they quoted 10m/day - and to be honest, my recollection was that the number was 15 meters - then that is an average over the whole of the TBM's drive, not a maximum rate.
TBMs that average those kinds of speeds are absolutely capable of bursts of as much as 25m/day or more if the soil conditions are conducive to it.
Dan
Coolibop
Active Member
Confirmed. Although removed from their site, I found an archive of a page confirming the 10-15 figure, as others have also suggested above.
The main point of the post was to continue highlighting a problem with this organization: missing deadlines, inability to acknowledge events, and obfuscation. The most recent was July, now end of year. This slippage is an ongoing problem. Let's see if Michael can keep the foot on the gas.
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officedweller
Senior Member
They may be playing catch-up now (as best they can) to reduce (but not eliminate) delay penalties (if those exist in their contract).